TY  - BOOK
AU  - Collins, Steven
TI  - Agganna sutta = the discourse on what is primary: an annotated translation from Pali
SN  - 9788126012206
U1  - 181.043 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - New Delhi : 
PB  - Sahitya Akademi, 
KW  - Buddhism -- Sacred books
KW  - Buddhism
N1  - Tipiṭaka.
Discourse on what is primary; 1. Some Remarks on the Conlext(s) of AS --  i. In world history: agrarian social order -- ii. In early Indian history: towns and small-scale politics -- iii. In early Indian cultural debate: competing hierarchical models -- II. Some Remarks on the Text of AS -- i. Is the test as we have it a clumsy patchwork? -- ii. What is the nature of the 'satire' in AS? --iii. AS in relation to other early texts -- iv. Notes on the status of my interpretation -- III. The Story of Origins, Monastic Life and Ideals, and the Vinaya -- i. Individual verbal reminiscences of the Monastic Code (Vinaya) -- ii. The five impossible things -- iii. 'Making a store': the Fall of Mankind and Vinaya Infractions -- IV. The Structure of AS and Fifty words -- Notes to the Introduction-  End Notes, Translation
Introduction -- The Discourse on What is Primary --Notes to the Translation -- Abbreviations -- Appendix 1 : On the Word Mahasammata -- Appendix 2 : Is there a 'Social Contract' in AS ?

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